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British translator, Slavic and Russian-scholar
This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. R. S.-R."
This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. R. S.-R."
Works
Books
- Krilov and His Fables (1869) (external scan)
- The Songs of the Russian People, as Illustrative of Slavonic Mythology and Russian Social Life (1872) (external scan)
- Russian Folk-Tales (1873) (start transcription)
- republished as Russian Fairy Tales. A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore (1887) (start transcription)
- Early Russian History: Four Lectures (1874) (external scan)
Articles in Littell's Living Age
- "Count Leo Tolstoy’s Novels" in Littell's Living Age, 141 (1822)
- "Henri Greville's Sketches of Russian Life" in Littell's Living Age, 139 (1891)
- "Puss in Boots" in Littell's Living Age, 156 (2016)
- "Russian Idylls" in Littell's Living Age, 129 (1666)
- "Turkish Story-Books" in Littell's Living Age, 133 (1713)
- Introduction to Portuguese Folk-Tales collected by Consiglieri Pedroso. Folk-Lore Society, 1882.
Translations
- Liza (1869; translation of Дворянское гнездо by Ivan Turgenev, also translated as A House of Gentlefolk) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
- Tibetan Tales: Derived from Indian Sources (1906; re-translated from German translation by F. Anton Schiefner) (external scan)
- "Russian fables" Selection from Krilov in An argosy of fables, 1921.
Contributions to EB1911
- "Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Hertzen, Alexander," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Lermontov, Mikhail Yurevich," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Works about Ralston
- "Ralston, William Ralston Shedden-," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Ralston, William Ralston Shedden-," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Shedden-Ralston, William Ralston," in Men-at-the-Bar (2nd ed., p. 383), by Foster, J., London: Hazel, Watson and Viney, Limited (1885)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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